TTBC Live Leaderboard

TTBC Leaderboard

Geeze, could they make it any worse?

Mine won't load it, screen just flashed gray and white. It seems to be a rule that every bass organizations websites suck.

I was thinking the same thing when I first looked at it.

It's acting weird. Weights don't make any sense.

I could not get it to work from my iPhone and have to use my laptop to view it.

As of 0824 5/20/2016

Hope Clausen keeps it rolling!

It would be nice to see how many fish they have

Could they make the font larger and put less people on each page, my neighbors across the street can't quite see it.

Didn't they fish yesterday

I agree

And it scrolls on it's own. Super slow too!

To 2006Champion, they fished pro-am on Hubbard yesterday. Today is first day of official tournament on Roberts.

Awful website. Best in the world and this is how we have to follow it? Sad...

Works for me. Clausen just took the lead.

Keith just went from 0 to 6 pounds 8 ounces. GO get em!

MLF should take it over next year.

Me too, and hope KJ picks up the pace too

Makes you appreciate what BASS has been doing. I'm not expecting that and I'm no IT expert, but a few simple changes would help.

I just glad there is someway to keep up with how they are doIng..

Thrift is in the lead at 19# right now

Same here. Working fine for me.

Jordan Lee is my guy for Ray Bob. MLF he hung a 10 lber in party cove!

Go to the Toyota Texas Bass Classic website and click on live results. Much better format and more info.

Sorry. Kelly Jordan haha

Is this their best 5 or mlf style?

I give , can't find what you are talking about. Can you give us a link

Best five and one over twenty one than can bring to the weigh in

So they can weigh in 6 fish total?

No, best five. They can bring one over to the scales for big fish honors. Biggest fish of the derby wins a 2016 Toyota Tundra.

I assume TTBC set 21" as the over for Roberts?

The one 21 and over counts in their best 5 but the 21 and over will come to frisco to show live and go into big bass for the new truck

That's a hell of deal that big bass is worth a new Tundra

If you go to the website www.toyotatexasfest.com and look at the right hand side of the screen, scroll down a bit and you can see a few of the "overs" caught this morning and plus some blog info.

"Tweets by Toyota Texas Fest"

I updated the original link to this better format, which was not available when I first posted it.

Much better! Thanks

Is there live coverage of the weigh in?

Good Question??

On there web site it says there is.

http://original.livestream.com/toyotatexasbassclassic?rsvptoeventid=416664
This should be it when it starts

Thanks!!

Looks like 21 lb 4 oz leading after day 1. I expected couple guys to catch them better than that.

I was thinking the winner would have two low 20s days and a mid teens day, or someone with two average days would bring a huge sack one day

38 guys with just a couple days practice, I didn't expect to see too many upper 20s bags

Will be better weights tomorrow!

Yea let's move it to Ray Bob, you'll get big weights there! Ha!

OR they could just fish fork 3 years in a row! They are at ray bob because of Frisco and I bet weights are alot better the next 2 days. What did it take last year to win on fork?

This event has done a lot for TP&W and Lake Fork. I am thankful for it and have nothing negative to say. Roberts is a fine venue.

I know one thing it was a poorly attended weigh in. There was not over a hundred and fifty people at the stadium ..If there was that many..

That's what I was telling my buddy that I didn't think there were very many people there!
Maybe it will be better this weekend.

8 dollar beers!!!! Wth! I'm going broke out here

High water and post spawn...pretty decent weights.

Dropping water..
Dropped the lake almost 2 ft in a week

89# 12 oz was the winning weight on Fork last year.

Ray Roberts is not as good of lake for bass as Fork. But your can't beat the stadium in Frisco. There is not a better place to have the Texas Toyota Bass Classic then Toyota stadium

Ray Bob was a cool choice for sure. With stable water and normal weather weights would be allot better. Always wanted to see what the best in the world could do out there. And so far we are seeing that it is fishing tough for better fish

Jerry Jones running this thing?

I bet the Golden Chick, Sonic, and Gas station Churches are going to pump the economy in Pilot Point.

Anybody see where any of the guys who caught them early this morning were? I never saw Christie or thrift. Hard to find folks out here.

Clark BBQ remains in Tioga would have been a good place to do the weigh-in. Fundraiser to rebuild a legendary haunt. Like EB's on fork back in the day. They are a thing of a past.

This is a good event, and if they would 86 some of the country music, I would pay to attend the party. A big problem is they've chosen the biggest festival weekend in the area!

Wildflower, Mainstreet Days, Gexa Concerts, etc...

I wager the locals will show up tomorrow.

It'll be just fine, and the weights will pick up. 89 lbs? Probably not, but it will be respectable!

I thought it might be with only 38 of them

Hoping to get out there early tomorrow and see what they're doing

I suspect Frisco and Toyota stadium was the major influence.

Weight are about what they should be on Ray Roberts, maybe a tad low. Lake is flooded and they are releasing water.

Remember TPWD gave up on Ray Roberts many years ago, No longer is a slot lake and doesn't get stocked like a Fork.

It's a good lake, not a Falcon or even Toledo Bend..

I like the fact that the TTBC moved to Ray Roberts this year! No doubt there are many lakes in Texas to showcase big bass, but Ray Bob definitely has its share of toads and having the chance to see how the best bass anglers on the planet approach and compete on our local lake is an awesome opportunity! We need to continue to support and attend these events if we want to see them continue to bring them to our market! Don't forget the next big event coming up on Texoma with BASSFEST and the Elites next month!

Ray Roberts is your next Richland Chambers.

The lake still has plenty of good fish in it and is healthy it just doesn't fish spectacular with high water and flooded vegetation in May. I have noticed this year that the fish seem to be more "moody" then I have seen since I've been fishing it. You can go out one day and not be able to catch 5 keepers but then you can go out the next and have over 30 pounds on the same spots. I expect the weights to remain about the same the next couple days. Also it seems the when the wind blows big time for multiple days in a row that it takes those fish several days to settle back down and eat. This seems to be more the case for the big fish. The lake is full of 8,9 and 10 pounders and its rare for any large 1 day tournament to have a big bass of less then 8 or 9 pounds. If those fish eat it somebody could get right quick. The lake looks to be fishing tough this weekend just like it did last weekend and the weekend before. These guys are good though and i imagine it will be a very tight finish.

I see Shinichi Fukae still struggling at 2 pounds. Just goes to show that some of the best in the biz struggle some days.

Full of 8,9 and ten pounders. If your looking through Beer goggles

No one should ever listen to Barrett when it comes to Ray Roberts. Guy probably has only been on it one time. I mean why listen to a guy that has had some great success out there or anything.

Ditto...

Looks like a lake with a 3 pound average to me.

I'm glad they aren't smashing them. Keeps folks like snickers at home.

Go take a look at the last time TPWD put a bass in that lake. They quit stocking the lake. Magic bass live forever. Keep fishing a memory

He is the man up there for sure.

I'm willing to bet these 2 years of high water will produce amazing fishing in the near future. This is the very reason Rayburn continues to be a top destination even with its age. It's basically a new lake every 10 years or so. Without this fluctuation it would be a shell of itself

I just need to follow this Barrett guy around so I'll learn where te big ones live.

The lake was fishing tough for me last weekend, but there were sure alot of bigger fish brought in. I couldn't tell you how many heavy 6's and 7's were weighted last weekend, I'll agree that the lake had some bad spawns a few years if like the 4-5 lbers are not there. You either get under 3 lbs or over 6 lbs and I guess that has to do with the lake being so low for a few year. If we could get a couple hundred thousand fingerings every year it would make a huge difference.

You're right, the lake sucks.

Several guys that did well or even decent yesterday struggled today.

I am know expert. But i believe the sand bass population hurts the lake for sure. I have seen them in the backs of coves just ravaging the fingerlings and shad. I think that alone hurts.

Also on a side note the lake is better than what we are seeing. It is just a hard lake to pattern from day to day. You need to stay on it to make it work for you.

I drove into IdB yesterday at 4:00 pm and there was a caravan of 36 or 37 boats with a police escort - definitely cool to see.

Today, I walked down a path to launch my kayak in the cove south of the ramp. My timing was good because I saw this as I got out of the trees - who is this - Thliveros? He had just passed me and then worked the bank a few more casts and then motored off. I felt okay about launching then (he was nice enough to leave a few for me!).

Throughout the morning, guys would motor in, fish a little, and then motor out. The only one that I was close enough to identify was John Cox (I think). The fish were very active on topwater.

What's winning and who?

KVD is lurking

Are those weights 1 day or 2 day weights?

Nevermind I see it. Horrible website layout

+1,000,000,000

Over half a million Floridas in 2013, plus 'Sharelunker' in 2012.

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After 2001 they basically didn't stock the lake for 10 years, While other lakes got about half million each year

They are charging $20 to see weigh in, It's kinda a rip off. Even if you want to see the vendors which mostly suxs it cost $20.

I checked it out Saturday, not many people there either, they did weigh in in the corner of the stadium instead of on stage. They really need to get more organized with this event........

I've heard they were blaring bad country music the whole time too. . .ugh.

You guys sure are getting me excited to go today. I got some free suite passes for today. I hear the food is really good. Maybe in the future they could consult with their radio station sponsor on bands we actually like around here.

Once you enter the stadium you go right and then you have to buy another ticket for the food, I did see people carrying around Dixie cup of coke and burgers the size of a silver dollar. Kinda odd how they relegated the right side only for an extra charge. Left side if for general admission.

As far as the band I have no clue who was playing Saturday or Sunday, never heard of them. I did drive by on Friday and I had heard of Big/Rich Band before.

A better choice of bands would be nice, Maybe no Kuntry Musik, if they return.

With the lack of crowds I don't see them coming back here. They picked a bad time for the event so many other outdoor events going on in Dallas area, especially the Richardson Wildflower concerts

Suggest if they do weigh in, to put it on the main stage instead of the corner, that was odd.......

Keep fishing the memories and enjoy the next Richland Chambers

Im happy everybody thinks the lake sucks. Maybe the boat ramp will be a little bit less crowded. I guess a lake that spits out 30 plus pound bags, had 3 double digits weighed in in one tournament last year... two being 11, had a 15 pounder caught, takes over 18 pounds some times to win the 3 fish Tuesday nighters, Never takes less then 20 pounds to win ANY tournament.... I guess all that is just terrible and all those fish died.

The lake is flooded and they are in a major transitional period and its may. Its really simple.

Drawing down the lake level like they were was a big factor in the tough bite. At least that's what the
Pros all seemed to think.

Back to the topic though has anybody thought about if the leaderboard truly reflects what actually happened. The weights couldnt be any closer.... on top of that they use boga grips and human interpretation. Literally ounces kept people out of top 10. I just wonder if they would have actually weighed peoples catches if anything would have changed. Just too close of weights with bogus scales IMO

I agree. You couldn't ask for a closer tournament. Any of the top ten could win it today.

When they let water out, which they have not done very much over the past 5 years really makes it fish tough....

For the best bass anglers in the world and a huge pay day..... it doesnt seem like a great format for a non slot lake. Boga grips are hard to read too. Couple ounces on a couple fish and you may have a different top 10.

Holy smokes Brent Ehrler has 31 lbs so far today.

Edit. False alarm. I found myself looking at last year's leaderboard!

I don't think they would have caught 70+ pounds on Fork last year if it was dropping a foot a week during the tournament

I have no doubt they would have caught 70+ at fork I don't care what is going on!

I love it. Hope they all stay away!

Went out to the launch this morning. There were probably 30 or so spectators there. They briefly interviewed each of the 10 anglers. All said they were happy with the lake, but it was fishing tough. Said they thought someone would catch 20+ pounds today and win it. Chris Zaldain said he was keying on the shad spawn and bluegill spawn.

I have to agree. Seems very odd they would use Bogas and not get more precise weights.

So...the greatness of the Toyota Texas bass classic social media pages say Matt won with 34lbs which he had yesterday.

Guess out of the 10 anglers nobody caught a keeper

Hahaha. Is this real life? Who is running the show for this event!!!

Was there no live weigh in online?

Man...by the time I got home some dude was on stage about to sing and saying nobody is here But that's no reason to not party before his first terrible song.

Then I go to google nothing..finally found a link to Twitter saying Herron won with 34lbs.

He had 34lbs yesterday!

It’s Herren’s time at TTBC
Posted on May 23, 2016 by Stevie Patnode
FRISCO, Texas – When the final day of the 10th annual Toyota Texas Bass Classic began, Matt Herren held a slim 12-ounce lead over Bryan Thrift.

When the day was done, Thrift had closed the gap – but not enough to win.

Herren, an Elite Series pro from Alabama, had a three-day total of 51 pounds, 12ounces, which was eight ounces more than Thrift. The victory netted Herren a $100,000 cash prize, a Nitro Z20 boat with dual Power-Poles, and bragging rights in one of the most prestigious bass fishing tournaments.

But most importantly, it got Herren his first professional level win in nine years (he previously won an FLW stop in 2007.) He has never won a B.A.S.S. Elite Series event.

“Man, it’s incredible,” Herren said, after weighing a 17-4 limit on Sunday. “A lot of hard work goes into this, and there’s a lot of people who pay a big price to let me do what I do. They all know who they are … It’s amazing. You always wonder every day when you get up; you finish second, you finish third. It’s like ‘When? When is my time?’”

Good to see a guy win after all those grinding years

I was there for the final weigh in, they put on a good show. Interviewed all the anglers as they showed their weights. A few of the pros went down and signed autographs and took pics with all of the fans that wanted them. KVD stayed the longest with the fans and kids. We got treated to the Toyota suites and they were very nice and we had a great time. Hope more anglers support this tournament. Toyota went all out to support it.

Matt Herren is one of those guys its hard not to root for. He's been close quite a bit recently. Good to see him seal the deal on one.

Ditto - good win for Matt Herren

Final results:

Congratulations to Matt, What was Big Bass weight, I can't find that info.

Enjoyed the weigh in today. Interesting to hear the pros describe how they attacked the lake, talking about falling water level, full moon and the approaching summer. Some had almost no prior knowledge of Ray Roberts. KVD was very gracious and complimentary of TPWD. Stopped at several booths including Impulse rods and Ranger aluminum boats. Nice people. Probably only 125 people at the weigh in.

Chris Zaldain - 7-10? I know it was high 7 something.

Charging $20 to see a handful of bass be weighed in will do that.

I went to the pro events they had at Lewisville and Grapevine, Free weigh in and most all brought fish to the scales.

I had no problems with the website....

It was only $10 if you bought in advance. We had a blast today, seemed like everyone else there did as well. No big headlining bands but the music was decent and the breeze kept everyone nice and cool. Talked with Ken Overstreet, Luke Clawson, and Andy Morgan. Even had a Monte Coon sighting. As much as I hate the drive to Frisco I would darn sure do it again the next time they have the TTBC around here. There's a reason we have such great fisheries in Texas, it doesn't happen by accident. A big thanks to TPWD and Gulf States Toyota for all you do!

I think the bro country kept all the adults away

It has nothing to do with the music talent they selected, that's the same basic talent and line ups that they've had in years past and people have shown up. I hate the poor turnout for everyone involved in running that deal. Gulf States puts A LOT of money into that event and their contribution to TPWD is critical.

There were certainly a large number of competing events but it doesn't help DFW when turnouts like this happen. BASS and FLW were watching and you can bet they have very little interest in following along behind that. DFW is tough for any fishing event. Always will be. Too many anglers who are spoiled and have too many options around them on a weekend in May or really any other weekend for that matter...

^^^^^

Yep. I was shocked at the dismal turnout. With the outstanding venue, food and drink this had the potential to be the best TTBC ever! We had a blast Saturday but I felt awful for my friends at Gulf States Toyota, Octagon and TPWD.

Wasn't the turnout terrible at the Lville elite tournament several years back?

There really weren't that many boats out following the pros around either.

I guess I just don't see what they thought the allure of watching 38 guys maybe weigh one fish would be.

You're just full of joy today, champ. Great turnouts at Fork and Conroe, thousands and thousands of folks/day. I imagine the folks on here that are always bi**hing about no pro-level events in the metromess will get to keep on bi**hing.

Lol....you took the words right out of my mouth Mahfouz.

Oh btw....that was me that came and said hello when Caldemeyer was talking with you.

You should have hung out awhile longer, bud.

I thought everyone said it would take 30lbs a day to win on roberts

I enjoyed watching them on the water

On a non-slot lake what is their reasoning for not bringing all 5 fish to the weigh in?

I imagine that people living in BFE get a lot more excited about anything to get them out of the house than people in DFW do.

I couldn't believe how low the turnout was either. We all want BASS and FLW to bring events here but nobody shows up to support them. I do believe a few better bands could have helped. There was absolutely no one this year that sparked my interest or that I had even heard of other than Roger Creager.

Because one of the hallmarks of TTBC is conservation. Weigh them and release them so as to diminish post tournament mortality.

Before they started releasing water many of the pros were on big bags... mabey not 30 but some darn good ones. One of the pros I talked to said every single keeper he caught over the 3 days had a cull ring hole in its mouth.

I thought this particular event was total fail. For various reasons. It's Texas, go big or go home.
I love RR. Catching average 15lbs a day isn't that exciting and they all were doing the same thing/style if fishing. I don't think one brush pile was hit.. Just like Mark said I saw it as a test run....and it failed worse than I even imagined

I had a great time out there all weekend but to introduce people to the sport and the bands and venue they had somebody messed up somewhere, no reason or excuse to not have a good turnout. I don't know if it was marketing or what it was. The website was terrible as well. I can't see how anyone thinks this was a great event. It wasn't. The pros, volunteers and staff did their jobs well.....but somebody messed up soemhere

The parks and wildlife guys at the lake were aweome all weekend.

Damn, sucks they started drawing before it then. It was a light hearted jab at all the times i hear how great roberts is on here

is the TTBC weigh in typically held at a site 30-45 minutes from the lake?

I'm just trying to figure out what they thought would draw people to Frisco for a weigh in that didn't involve any fish, and the results were updated live throughout the day on the website

As a DFW resident, those are my reasons for not attending. There was nothing that enticed me to spend $10 and drive to Frisco from the lake. The band selection actually would have made me not go even if they did actually do a live weigh in.

Had they done it all at the lake I probably would've come off the water and gone to it. JMO. Everyone is complaining or commenting on the poor turnout, those are my reasons for not attending.

Releasing water
East wind
Full moon
Barometric pressure fluctuating

I was also surprised there was only 38 guys fishing. I thought the field was usually bigger than that

They should have had coffee and donuts at the ramp!

I'm sure TTBC learned a few things from this event, but I still say we are lucky to have it.

Ray Roberts is a great lake to hold that event on, IMO. It's a tough lake and it showcased the fact those guys cant catch them on a tough fishery and in tough conditions. Except for a handful of very good locals, not many people could have averaged 15 pounds a day for 3 straight days on that lake with those conditions.

The part that may be viewed as a fail is that venue that was selected for the "weigh in" and festival. Bass fishing is still far from mainstream and that makes it hard to get a decent attendance. Me personally, I have no use for driving in crazy DFW traffic or being around big crowds, so I do not attend many large venue activities.

Have the festivities away from the city and you get a larger number of people who tend to support an event and an event like that is actually a big deal...

OK, Some of you guys really need to get a grip on what the goal of this event was for. I'm over here in Florida and we do have some great bass fishing. But do you have any idea how good it could be if we had 50% of the effort that your folks put into your programs. Our Governor is all about $7.25hr. jobs and how he is such a wonderful manager. Well he is the one that cut the fisheries budget to next to nothing. Hint, he does not fish, nor does he care if you do. So enjoy what you have while you have it.. Dan

Agreed..........

That was the bad part.

I went Saturday and watched about dozen guys come to stage, One guy weighed in a bass. Then to hear them belly aching about how they never want to go back to Roberts.

Some genius decided it was best to have them weigh in in the corner of the stadium, and not on the main stage. Strange place when you have an entire stage to use.

I went Saturday, I thought it was rip off and poorly planned, Had no desire to go back Sunday. I did drive by Sunday around 5pm and 7pm, look like very little people went on Sunday.

I was at all the weigh ins at Lewisville, I enjoyed it. They were only about 200 yards from where they parked their boats in the water and weighed in. It seemed much more spectator friendly.

I think at Frisco on Saturday, most of the people there were waiting to see the concert, didnt' care much about the bass fishing being weighed in.

I saw a lot of pictures of tweens posing for pics before the Lee Brice concert

After the rainout at Fork and this weekends low attendance at Ray Roberts Toyota has to be really evaluating the advertising value for their dollar. Fork will get big crowds but the weather is a issue. For some reason the attendance was low in Frisco. Toyota wanted to have it in their stadium. It seemed like a good idea but just didn't draw a crowd.

They had good crowds at Conroe and Fork. Rain killed the second Fork event.

Who knows where or if it goes on from here.

I guess little to no advertising may of been the key. Not much press about it before it happened.

If this is the kind of entertainment you plan on bringing to Frisco, then they got there arse handed to them here.

I like watching challenging conditions. It was a really good tournament back and forth. At least that was my take.

I like watching challenging conditions. It was a really good tournament back and forth. At least that was my take.

I don't think the band entertainment had anything at all to do with the size of the crowds.

Advertising was non-existent.

What was the payout other than first?

Entertainment, I meant the lackluster production of the event, as in Entertainment Value

You have a lot to do in Frisco, Dallas FC, Baseball, basketball and hockey farm teams to watch.

The TTBC was a an epic fail.

I saw several guys offshore including brush piles. I said all along I didn't care a bit to watch guys beating the bank eventhough I thought that was how it would be won. I only watched guys who weren't fishing willows.

I would have gone to the final weigh-in, but I didn't buy advance tickets and I wasn't going to pay $20. If they were weighing in five fish each I may have pulled the trigger, but with a maximum of 10 fish total being weighed in, it was not worth it. I have no interest in the music and I never did see a list of the vendors, so $20 was way too steep.

I have no doubt that TTBC event sponsors did their part, they always do. Sounds like local event organizers might have dropped the ball though, they would be the ones who make an event like that a success or failure. One thing is for sure, you can have all the event organization in the world but if the locals wont support the effort then there will be problems, and IMHO better bands at a fishing tournament isn't the answer to making a successful tournament.

They had some tents set up with some vendors, but most were not fish or bass related.

Stuff like Tolltag, MetroPCs. The vendors part was failure

Better bands could be, if there are not actually any fish involved at the part of the tournament that requires you to pay for admission.

It should have been a big party. They were competing with the Byron Nelson for bodies

Should of, Could of. I hope Gulf State Toyota fire and hire someone better to promote this event. Last year at Fork was a debacle, and this year in Frisco joke.

They had the Bryon Nelson, Richardson Wildfire Concerts, Grapevine Outdoor Festival to compete with.

The main part was let have a Bass Tournament and not weigh in any fish